Almost half of Russia is covered with forests. However, much of the vast country's woodlands, which absorb millions of tons of CO2, are under threat from mismanagement, illegal deforestation and corruption.
Eight Amazonian states failed to meet required transparency criteria and to provide the public with up to date private land tenure data on public domain lands, contributing to land disputes.
Three Canadian startups are launching technology that aims to make discarded polystyrene containers, packaging and products a resource that everyone wants to recycle.
As Alberta goes to the polls and a federal election looms, a new pro-carbon tax report from a privately funded group faces a major challenge reaching Canadians with rational economic arguments, even as climate disasters worsen.
United Nations aid chief Mark Lowcock said on Monday that the world body was appealing for $282 million to fund a response to the disaster in Mozambique for the next three months.
'Some months have seen temperatures in the area around Longyearbyen with as much as 12-14 degrees over normal,' says climate researcher Ketil Isaksen with the Norwegian Meteorological Institute.
A state lawmaker hopes his pair of black Bogs Bozeman mid-boots can inspire environmental conversations in Florida's Capitol, where the debate usually happens above leather dress shoes and hoisted heels.
Scientists have discovered massive underwater lakes beneath the largest glacier in east Antarctica, a find they hope can lead to a better understanding of ice melting rates.
A vote on the Green New Deal will cap weeks of unusually intense debate about climate change, and the long-term political fallout could help determine where policy on the issue ultimately lands.
Senators are expected to vote this week on a resolution regarding the Green New Deal, a Democratic proposal to tackle climate change through an unprecedented uptick in government spending on clean energy.
Analysis: The firm bought First Utility last year and is switching all its 700,000 plus customers over to renewables in what appears to be a major policy shift.
While many politicians, world leaders and big corporations speak about the future effects of climate change, poor and impoverished nations are already struggling to battle the consequences of rising global temperatures.
Coal-fired power plants in the Southeast and Ohio Valley stand out. In all, 74% of coal plants cost more to run than building new wind or solar, analysts found.
Oil and gas companies have long touted their efforts to curb methane emissions from leaky oil-field equipment. They have taken a decidedly dimmer view of government attempts to reduce leaks of the planet-warming gas.
In the last decade, governments have been pushing to create vast Marine Protected Areas large enough to protect species from overfishing and other threats.
Exxon Valdez made visible the immediate environmental risks associated with fossil fuel extraction. Today, decades later, the long-term climate impacts from decades of fossil fuel extraction have gained center stage as the issue becomes a more pressing — and visible — concern.
The Atlantic Ocean is staring down the barrel of an air gun, and its blast could reverberate into the Chesapeake Bay, having a detrimental effect on whales, other marine life.
Ocean fish species are shifting their range as seas warm — four times faster than land species, according to a recent study. Regulators are changing the rules to keep up.
